UPDATE: I installed the game on my old rig (specs below) to see if the problem was hardware specific; it is *not* - the same problem cropped up.

Spun up the game, jumped into an old save game, walked around a bit, talked to a few characters, hit the Quicksave button and...FREEZE.

Restarted the game, deleted all old saves, started two new characters/new campaign, jumped into the game, Autosave and...FREEZE.

Reload (the new, autosave) save game, walked around a bit, got into a fight, hit Quicksave and...FREEZE.

Specifications of old rig:

- i7 4790k
- 2x8GBs GSkill DDR3 2100
- nVidia GTX980/8GBs (390.65 drivers)
- Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB
- Windows 10x64 Pro

All current, official, WHQL drivers;
No overclocking/overvolting.

Any ideas?

P.S.

I tried both the GOG and Steam versions on this rig, as well.